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More Draft Lottery
This guy. pic.twitter.com/iRLTYmth9e
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 1, 2016
Maple Leafs Win Draft Lottery
LeafsNation called ‘foul’ last year after my beloved Oilers won the draft lottery (again) but, this year, they would not be disappointed. And Leafs fans get to enjoy a little schadenfreude as the Oilers drop out of the top 3 into 4th place. We got McJesus last year so whatever.
Basically, Auston Matthews is the top prospect for the upcoming draft and the Leafs now have the first right of refusal for drafting him. The only way Brenden Shanahan isn’t going to draft him is if Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff kidnaps Shanny’s family and holds them at gunpoint during the draft. Even then, Shanahan might decide its “family expendable.”
Calgary Flames General Manager Brian Burke had the quote of the day though:
‘If the Oilers win the draft lottery, I’ll beat the snot out of someone.’ LOL
Who’s Ready For Game 2?
Edge: McDavid
Connor McDavid goes all the way to score a @SUBWAYCanada OT winner for the @EdmontonOilers pic.twitter.com/jROSuvHJ8y
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 2, 2016
Paging Dr. Dangles…
And, that, kids is why you take the body. And then you won’t end up looking like a tool on the highlight reel.
The Florida Panthers & Scott Mellanby’s “Rat Trick”
This is just one of those great hockey stories that the players, the organization and the fans got behind to make history;
As the team prepared for its home opener against the Calgary Flames on October 8, 1995, a rat entered the dressing room, startling several players. Scott Mellanby reacted by shooting the rat across the locker room with his stick, killing it. He then went out and scored two goals in a 4–3 victory over the Flames, leading the Panthers to their first win of the season. Vanbiesbrouck described the incident to reporters after the game, stating that while Mellanby failed to score a hat trick, he did manage a “rat trick”.
Oilers Beat Sharks 4-3 in OT
But check out this filthy backhand goal scored by Jordan Eberle:
My Experiment With Facial Hair
I’m trying to derive the borderline between what classifies as a ‘bad’ beard and what classifies as a ‘fucking brutally terrible’ beard.
Just to be clear; after 3 ½ weeks without touching a razor to my face, I’m not having great results. This is the furthest I’ve ever gone with growing a beard and I don’t think mine is freakishly patchy. That being said, the hair from my ear to my chin, including my cheeks and jaw-line are a touch on the sparse side. I mean, I’ve got rookie year Sidney Crosby beat all to Hell.
But the real issue I have is with respect to the aforementioned fullness of my facial hair. The experiment isn’t exactly scientific in nature. I think the decision making process is based on criteria that is more qualitative than quantitative but still requires data collection from various, independent sources.
While I’m not ready to fully reveal my findings yet, I have explained my facial hair growth to people in a few different ways.
- The first explanation is to completely confess to the experiment. That I recognize I’m folliclely challenged and that I’m doing this for the betterment of mankind.
- My second explanation is that I’m trying to grow a turbo-sad beard to make other men feel more secure and confident about their own beards.
- The third explanation is that I’m getting an early start on my Edmonton Oilers playoff beard… for next season.
I have to return to work on Monday of next week so I have to bring this experiment to a conclusion by then and decide on whether I should go into the office with facial hair and, if so, to what degree?
The things I do for science. Sheesh.
My NHL Playoff Bracket
